The procedure was needed to reduce pressure and a statement from the La Paz hospital in Madrid read: "The patient is stable and remains under observation in the intensive care unit, having undergone a decompressive craniectomy after suffering from a decrease in the level of consciousness due to a cerebral edema.

The procedure was needed to reduce pressure, and a statement from the La Paz hospital, in Madrid, read: "The patient is stable and remains under observation in the intensive care unit, having undergone a decompressive craniectomy after suffering from a decrease in the level of consciousness due to a cerebral edema.

The procedure was needed to reduce pressure and a statement from the La Paz hospital in Madrid read: "The patient is stable an dremains under observation in the intensive careunit, having undergone a decompressive craniectomy after suffering from a decrease in the level of consciousness due to a cerebral edema.

Neurologists are increasingly testing two alternative treatments for brain trauma: hypothermia, lowering the patient's body temperature; and a craniectomy, removing part of the skull to give the swollen brain room.

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